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• 06 Nov 2009 04:40

  Friday, November 6, 2009

  AL: Alert system may fill rural gap By Jason Morton, Tuscaloosa News EUTAW, Ala. -- On Thursday, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency announced at the Greene County Courthouse the potential hiring of Global Security Systems, a Jackson, Miss.-based company that plans to bring its Alert FM system to nine West Alabama counties.   Read More AL: Lawmakers put pressure on contracts By Phillip Rawls, The Associated Press, Montgomery Advertiser The battle over an unbid $13 million computer contract is beginning to have an impact on how other state contracts are awarded.   Read More GA: Georgia prisons win stimulus grants for energy projects By Dave Williams, Atlanta Business Chronicle The Georgia Department of Corrections has received $16 million in federal economic stimulus grants for a series of energy efficiency projects at prisons around the state.   Read More NY: Wind law could benefit company By Christine McConville, Boston Herald Despite significant opposition in Western Massachusetts, state environmental affairs secretary Ian Bowles is pushing hard to get a controversial wind-turbine law passed before the legislative session ends on Nov. 18.   Read More NY: Wind-energy firm takes Yates County town to court By Steve Orr, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester) ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Angered by a Town Board vote in Italy, Yates County, to kill a turbine proposal, a wind-energy company is asking a judge to override the elected board members and allow the project to go forward.   Read More NY: Conference emphasizes need for technology in classroom By Bennett J. Loudon, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester) ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A conference for aspiring teachers Thursday emphasized the need for educators to embrace the use of technology in the classroom.   Read More SC: GOP gubernatorial candidates split on disclosing Boeing deal details By Rudolph Bell, The Greenville News State representative and Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley of Lexington said Thursday night South Carolina officials ought to disclose details now of the incentives package they offered to The Boeing Co. in order to lure a new aircraft plant to North Charleston.   Read More

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